In a new book, University of Florida professor James C. Clark details Florida's unique role in both delighting and vexing presidents in American history.

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Did you know that Florida's two colonies (East Florida and West Florida in those days) were rooting for the British during the Revolutionary War and were a thorn in the side of George Washington? Or that Abraham Lincoln tried to wrangle the state back into the union for the 1864 election because he needed its electoral votes? Or, that Franklin Delano Roosevelt came inches away from never taking office after an assassination attempt in Miami in 1933?

Professor Clark, who appears at the Miami Book Fair on Saturday, even leaves us with a couple of trivia questions to ponder:

Which president sat in the Miami Herald newsroom and said he'd always wanted to be a reporter?

Since the 1950s, every president has stayed in this Miami Beach hotel. Which hotel?

Submit your answers in the comments section below! And listen to the complete interview above.